Estimates of the Size of key populations at risk for HIV infection: Men who have sex with men, female sex workers and injecting drug users in Nairobi, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 366-371

  Okal, Jerry ^a   Geibel, Scott ^a   Muraguri, Nicolas ^b   Musyoki, Helgar ^b   Tun, Waimar ^c   Broz, Dita ^d   Kuria, David ^e   Kim, Andrea ^f   Oluoch, Tom ^f   Raymond, H Fisher ^g  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b National AIDS and STI Control Programme   (Kenya)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya   (Kenya)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KENYA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84884197994     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051071     Document Type: Article

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